Generational diversity: What nurse managers need to know

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 717-725

  Hendricks, Joyce M ^a   Cope, Vicki C ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Commitment; Communication; Compensation; Generational diversity; Nurse managers; Work environment

Indexed keywords

AGE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NOTE; NURSE; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WORKPLACE;

AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSES; NURSING STAFF; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84873993781     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2012.06079.x     Document Type: Note

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